Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/April 2011
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April 1
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- HTML, or XHTML?
- Number of Wikipedia registered users?
- Botswana LGBT-related films
- Scraping & reusing statistics
- Dates in history - main page
- Help Wanted
- Did you know....
- Non-free book scan licensing template
- Query about subject chosen for a new article
- Cork ladies's footballers
- Preventing the addition of interwiki links
- Google Earth Geohack problem
- Image Tag for Copyright
- User:Peaceworld111/Ahmadiyya-related vandalism statistics
- Two Articles (clarification needed on whether or not terms from FAQ are met)
- Image upload
- Contributing new photos
- Creating brief bio box
- Can I change my Wikipedia font?
- north pole
April 2
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- The_Seventh_Coin
- DAB Watchlist?
- Running MediaWiki extensions when browsing wiki.riteme.site
- ref tags/templates
- Times New Roman Page
- do ou have any industries in india
- Please somebody help me
- Editing
- Username disappearance
- DNA trait
- Adding an External Link
- how to create info page
- the message from the hacker .now is taking over my face book page
- Sino-Platonic Papers
- CRAZY GIRL SHIN BIA
- Attribution history
- Inter-language attribution
April 3
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- Difficulty printing one specific Wikipedia article
- Why is this article in this encyclopaedia?
- Commons filesize limits
- Meta file Problem Uploading PNG
- Issues with images
- brending
- Does T:MI work when embedded in Template:Listen?
- Flags not showing up
- Chestefield refs
- How to submit an article
- Hangon tag
- Date sorting in tables
- Did I mess up something?
- SCAMED
April 4
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- Naming of article
- Problem with signature
- Creating a button
- WikiProject Dentistry -- Inactive??
- Simon Gales
- Editing
- calibri font
- What do you mean by frequency of a circuit?
- Reading a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike article
- Problems with reference desk (and other) pages
- Fair use of non-free book pages on Wikipedia
- Disappearing Messages
- Removal of "nofootnotes" and "Orphan" status.
- Cannot move page over redirect
- Semi protected pages and Internet Explorer 8
- Editing another editor's talk page comments
- what is the best way to introduce a "reliable source" in an article?
- Magic words for first character?
- Editing page as an authority
- William Styron
- The Lord of the Rings (theatre)
April 5
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- Properly create infobox?
- County Court page
- following archived sections
- help with password
- Rodney Davies (author)
- Unable to view Wikipedia pics in China
- Please delete or redirect misspelled article
- William Procter Profile
- Moving Pictures from Commons to Wikipedia
- Fixing Categories.
- Naming convention for biographical sections splitting off into separate articles?
- Wilmington, DE, stats
- Adding a new section
- What's the point of categories?
April 6
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- Parser help
- How to make my article LIVE
- Cannot link to Wrka article.
- Older article copied onto other sites - how do I deal with this?
- Strange appearance of Wikipedia pages
- Christ the King College in Sierra Leone
- Changes the old user name Despotovic in the new user name Despotović
- How to get a TOC to appear on a Discussion page
- Reproducing Transient Technical Documentation
- what to do? Found serious innacuracy in a Wikipedia article
- How do I create a page about myself?
- When did congress remove money from Social Security
- adult literature program
- 'followed by' and 'preceded by'
- Keeping track of AfDs
- Talk page created in error
- Wikipedia Symbol
April 7
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- Calculating population density
- Editing a link in a reference
- Is there no encrypted connection offered for when visiting https://secure.wikimedia.org ?
- Peter O'Toole
- Australian War Memorial images
- How to locate where a wikilink originates from
- Can i remove teachers names from a Wikipedia page?
- Referencing URLs that contain square brackets
- Is the relevant? The Open to Hope Foundation
- Where would I request rollback/Twinkle rights re-added?
- Can't move userspace draft into mainspace
- WANT TO BE A MEMBER
- Automatic facebook page
- Please Integrate Wikipedia with Social Media Sites such as Facebook, Twitter etc
- Marie Cirile Bibliography
April 8
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- Articles transcluding articles
- tap content changing
- Citing Twitter tweets?
- Chase Aldredge
- sometimes articles are outdated. Jimmy, what do you think of adding a "last updated: X/X/20XX" to each page ?
- Fraternity/Sorority (racial/religious) membership changes
- Delete Revision History
- Fixing page range dashes
- Signature not workin
- submitting an article
- Can someone make a situation map for me?
April 9
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- Plagiarism
- Julie Kavner
- Eli Wallach
- federal budget
- vibrational energy
- Report Broken Link
- Problem with singlechart template
- Video linking
- Fixed width
- Article "Human energy"
- Why are innapropriate graphics allowed on Wikipedia?
- Nicki Manaj article
- Cancel Account/Changer User Name
- Error in automatic geographic coordinates?
- Problem In Article Translation
- Twinkle watchlists every page i make an undo too
- Deletion history of articles
- Syed Enam Ahammad
April 10
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- :CAT:CSD
- Template help
- Patroller on Simple English
- Speaking different languages
- Global search and replace
- "Bold text" in Ramen
- referencing problem
- Wikipedia slow?
- Image file help
- Names of Mpindi
- Blue box above editing section
- Photo montage
April 11
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- Citation compatibility with Refworks
- Stupid question
- Whether to create a disambig page or a hatnote
- Wiki-Project Iran simplification
- Upload a Word document
- Finding Someone to Make a Wikipedia Page
- Can't figure out why Talk:Whittemore Peterson Institute is missing table of contents
- Bad image
- Reference page on google docs
April 12
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- Conflict of interest template
- blocked
- Bots
- Random search
- Page View Statistics
- Reprinting article I wrote from MormonWiki to Wikipedia
- Acceptable or OR on its face?
- Nip it in the bud
- An article reads like an advertisement.
- NBTVlive
- Slashed tables
- how can i get my page re-reviewed?
- It wont let me change my article's Title
- Adding logo to Infobox on article "University of South Dakota School of Law"
- Images up to their old tricks
- Olivia Buckley
April 13
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- Counterfeit
- Uploading file for internal use
- Messed up AfD log entry
- add pictures
- Cleanup request
- Unified Login with Account Lacking Email Address for Password Recovery?
- TICKS
- Can a search be directed to a dab page?
- Complex web: Die cutting, the very hungry caterpillar, arts and crafts, childrens literature
- How do I delete a redirect page?
- PAGE BREAKS?
- Six O'clock Swill
- Entering Featured photo of the day
- New official company logo
- Company's page deleted while 100s of others similar exist
- adding a link or reference
- Offline editing
- judge harry pregerson
April 14
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- Problem with the edit toolbar
- What can we do if we discovered contents with irrelevant reference/ links?
- national output world comparison map dot placement
- How do I get a global account?
- [[Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2011 April 14#.7B.7Btl.7Csign.7D.7D_redirected|{{sign}} redirected]]
- MIMI
- error! Ellicott Creek Article
- Removing a notability tag
- Unable to confirm my email address
- LOGIN PROBLEMS
- Arsène Lupin
- How many fair use images can be used in an article
- Multiple Chris Masons, I'm one of them...
April 15
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- Russian Incubator
- New Article
- Question
- Vowlgar
- I feel like a dimwit
- cached image problems
- Cunard Ships
- Looking for input
- Badly formatted AfD entry
- Text removal question
- Subject Box
- etown radio program article - not an advertisement - rewritten in more neutral tone
- corrigated steel homes
April 16
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- Firefox 4 losing menu and tabs
- Search by article class?
- Page Backgrounds
- How to transfer a watchlist from one user account to another user account
- Auto-signature
- A TOPIC ABOUT A SMALL TOWN NOT IN WIKIPEDIA
- Entries missing
- Referencing Question
- A bio does not mention derogatory information
- MA HE Teaching
- debugger
- Non-disambiguating hatnote
- Adelbert Ames Jr, Opthamologist, in Hanover, NH
- Help formatting a list
- Present day facts about Co Durham, England
- Rebuttal to Feigned Biography of Joseph Smith
- Recover data from compromised account?
April 17
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- Changing the row height in tables
- How do you bring up the editing toolbar?
- How can I find out which "Good Article" I edited?
- Book tool
- Three things I like to discuss
- http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User:Wellingtonia/The_Ballarat_Star
- Featured Article and Image
- Former US Presidents
- Urine therapy
- Where can I request comment from other editors on my actions in a particular case
- uninstall old windows live messanger
- Watch pages I delete by default
- Disasters
- Can an editor use a map they have created and uploaded to the commons for an article they are involved in editing
- the phi gamma delta or fiji page
- Ideas
- Italic title - why isn't it working?
- How to direct search result to Carnival Magic (disambiguation)..?
- Message to an individual on Facebook
April 18
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- Merging 2 articles together
- Right venue needed
- Open proxies blocked
- Editorial policy regarding a second secondary source to justify using a first secondary source
- Overcoming a reverse, left-language carriage return POV, humorously
- How to proceed?
- Would someone verify this target, please?
- business research methods
- "Putting his/her foot down"
- huge asteroid spotted flyby nov 8 2011 jpl nasa
- Algae Cultures
- IP user removing speedy template
- Establishing verifiability of an otherwise unverifiable source
- External links to apps
- Disambiguation page
- Adding color to infobox for writer
April 19
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- Exes and Ohs
- Charlie Storms
- Template:Non-free DVD cover
- Latest News
- Translation
- Wiki SDK for internal use
- False copyright claim on image
- Need Your Help
- Is this a joke?
- Seeking a guideline for alphabetization of "notable people" lists
- Foldable template
- Unknown source of quote in popular book
- Infobox image
- Pending changes
- Comparing two versions of a page
April 20
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- Sharing Wikipedia Articles With Facebook Friends
- Removing pornographic spam
- Coursework
- removing the 'outdated' boxes at top of page
- One single conductor in metal conduit
- how to submit draft article for approval and consesnus
- Use of movenotice and moverequest templates for an (in my opinion) uncontroversial page move
- Page will not display after I hit save page
- How many pages of each namespace pages
- Userspace drafts?
- Closing a name change
- Criteria to keep a template?
April 21
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- Template link colors
- Mulberry Tea
- Main Page not updating
- Categories loop
- Feedback requested
- Copyright Issues When it's Your Own Content on Another Website
- Dear sir.
- Clickable Facebook icons on your pages, so my Facebook friends can click on the heading and read the Wikipedia page.
- "CSPWC's Royal Collection Project" deleted.
- Adding a Canadian Poet to the list.
April 22
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- Template coding
- Cedella
- Public domain unfree image icon?
- edit vs. move page
- getting to user page
- manuals
- Afd Soxman
- edits dont show up
- What the hell you are Mr. Wikipedia
- How to resolve image collision?
April 23
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- What do I need to do to get a pic that is compliant
- Rate this page
- Preview function
- Submit for Review
- Wikibreak
- Conversion template
- How can I delete my account?
- Mobile site
- Updating templates in archives
- Gembrook
April 24
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- How to join or list qualifications
- font too large
- wikipedia you are not free, here in Brazil, their moderators are dictators
- Was Multiple Issues Placed At The Same Time?
- Man in the mask
- Modifying the Wiki sidebar
- citation style
- Using Wikipedia
- List of sitcoms
- Australia and the minimum age to be elected to the House of Representatives.
- sphinx of Giza
- Sockmaster using proxy server to mask IP?
- Need to add a notable resident to the Winchester, VA page
April 25
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- Gary L. Keady
- http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Alexander_the_Great
- Speedy delete
- Buses
- Strange facebook page recording Wikipedia edits
- How to delete account?
- Debt question
- Seeing older watchlist items?
- Citing opinions
- Broom icons appeared
- What links here (but not there)
- Trying to determine if photo is OK to upload
- REF: Page of documentary American Radical the Trials of Norman Finkelstein
- Inuit authors
- renditions of the photo of Iowa Jima
- blurry-printing
- comic books.
April 26
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- How do I change the font on my user name from lower case to other.
- Finding the unlinked
- Why is my page being deleted?
- ...a proud member of...
- Problem writing the title of a new article
- WikiProject Albums B-class checklist implementation
- Template coding question
- Editing and Animation
- stan musial
- Is it possible to upload a pdf file from my computer to a discussion page?
- ROADMAP FOR REVIEWERS
- MUCUOS ADENOCARCENOMA
- Frustration
- Any Admins around?
- Birds of the Amazon
April 27
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- Vlan
- Varian Associates
- Creating new page
- On saving topics within Wikipedia
- The Holy HAJJ
- Persondata Box
- AFD help
- Pronunciation
- Why is the font size soo large on my Wiki view ?
- credits
- Susana Medina
- Deleted article
- Best way to delete a user space/sandbox type page
April 28
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- Creating new page 2
- Changing my Page's Name
- Half space
- Saving pages to book(s) not working!
- adding to wiki entries
- Find a word in an article
- financial accounting
- Looking for an explanation of "back-end deal" and didn't find an explanation
- Title of Wikipedia Article
- Image server delays ?
- Project Rational Skepticism
- Searching for orphan templates
- something in Tabs template has run amok (vandalism in template)
- Additional word meaning
- Is it possible to link to an article whose name looks like an interwiki link?
- Polo originated in India, not in Persia
- Confidence and security-building measures
April 29
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- National Baptist Convention, USA
- problem
- Scare quotes
- Broom icon
- LaTeX vs HTML
- Trojan XP Home Security - Unregistered Version linked to Wikipedia Site
- Template:Listen breaking at Alisa Weilerstein
- Sorry! We could not process your edit due to a loss of session data.
- embedding photos
- Edit Summary
- Edit insert box
April 30
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- Carlos Santana & Buddy Miles Live @ 1972 Sunshine Festival, Diamondhead Crater, Hawaii
- Thank you
- File extension does not match MIME type
- How to change a color of a football player's infobox
- Template to convert from U.S. postal abbreviation to full state name
- Can someone fix my broken template?
- I've got a Broken Letter Problem.
- Merging two articles into a third (new) article
- Can I add pages about a company or organization?
- Edward the Confessor
- merged content from Humanure to Compost#Humanure / redirect not working; please help!
- Undectetable Single Failure Point on Scott system
- Sranan Tongo Babel Box Category
- Help
- Songs as references/sources
- Citation Style Help